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Wood Farm Cottage, Wood Lane, Stogumber, Taunton, TA4 3TJ

3/31/21/001Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 March 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of garage/store to provide annexe to the main house comprising of two bedrooms, a bathroom and games room

Received
15 January 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Council
West Somerset
Ward
(SWT)Old Cleeve & District
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Wood Farm Cottage, Wood Lane, Stogumber, Taunton, TA4 3TJ. West Somerset has handled 1,320 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than West Somerset's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 629 applications in total for the TA4 postcode area.

91% of full applications at West Somerset were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TA4 3TJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stogumber

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2021
Consultation expiry
16 February 2021
Consultation start
26 January 2021
Consultation end
16 February 2021
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2021
Last date for comments
23 March 2021
Target decision date
23 March 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 February 2021
Site notice end
16 February 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09421619
Documents
15
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Somerset

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